Improvement in washing-machines



0. G. HAYS. WASH ING-MACHINES.

No. 194,431, Patented Aug. 21,1871."

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WITNESSES N PETERS, FHOTO-LITHOGMFHER, WASHINGTON. D C,

UNI-TED [STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORIE-N G. HAYS, OF NILWOOD, ILLINOIS.

I'MIQROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,431, dated August21, 1877; application filed March 3, 1877. v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORIEN G. HAYS, of Nilwood, in the county of Macoupinand State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inWashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification Figure l isa vertical longitudinal section of my improved machine through the line3 y of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same takenthrough the line .70 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view of the same,parts being broken away to show the construction. Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of one of the bearing-blocks for raising thewashingcylinder when desired. cross-section through the line 2 z of Fig.1, with the bearing-block H added and the cover removed.

Similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved washing-machine,which shall be simple in construction and convenient'in use; and theinvention consists in the general construction and arrangement of parts,as hereinafter fully described.

A is the suds-box, which is made rectangular in form and of any desiredsize, and is at tached to legs B to raise it to a convenient height.

In the bottom of the box A is placed a frame or block, 0, the upper sideof which is concaved, and has slats D attached to or corrugations formedin it, as shown in Fig. 2. The ends of the box A are slotted verticallyto'receive the journals of the cylinder E, which journals pass throughholes in blocks F, which are so formed as to fit into the slots andoverlap the end boards at the sides of the said slots to prevent thewater from spattering out when the machine is being used.

One of the journals of the cylinder E projects, and has a crank, G,attached to it, by means of which. the machine is operated. The cylinderE is formed by grooved slats attached to the edges of circular disks,said slats being placed at such a distance Fig. 5 is a vertical.

apart that the water may flow between them freely.

One, 6 of the slats of the cylinder E is hinged at one end and providedwith a spring-catch, 6 at the other end, to hold it in place when closeddown.

The cylinder E is held down upon the clothes by the wooden springs M,which are inserted in notches in the bearing-blocks F, and the ends ofwhich enter holes in the legs B, or in blocks attached to said legs. I

The clothes to be washed are placed between the concave G D and thecylinder E, and are washed by turning the cylinder E back and forththrough a part of a revolution, and when washed are brought up byturning the cylinder in the same direction.

When some parts of the clothes are dirtier than the others, the slat eis raised, and the clothes are placed within the cylinder with thedirtier partprojecting, where they are secured by again closing down thesaid slat, and they are then rubbed, as before described.

When many clothes are to be washed at the same time, the cylinder E maybe raised, and the bearing-blocks H inserted in the slots of the box Abeneath the journals of the cylinder E, as clearly shown in Fig. 5.

To the upper edges of the sides of the box A are hinged leaves I,which,-when raised into a horizontal position, are supported by bracketsJ.

K is the table-top, which, when the leaves I are raised, fits into thespace between the inner edges ofsaid leaves, and thus forms the table.

L is a forked board, which is made of such a size that its fork may fitover the sideboard of the box A, as shown in Fig. 2, so that a wringer'may e attached to its upper end.

The wringer may beused with the leaves I raised or lowered, as may bedesired.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The slatted rubbing-cylinder E, consistring oft-he'grooved slats,1eircular disks, and

thegrooved'slat a, hinged to one of said disks and provided with aspring-catch, 0 for securing it to the other disk, as herein shown anddescribed.

2. The combination of the vertically-slotted box A, notched adjustablebearing-blocks F, removable blocks H, springs M, and slatted groovedcylinder E, the several parts constructed and relatively arranged tooperate in the manner herein shown and described.

ORIEN G. HAYS. Witnesses:

J. E. DRURY, CHARLES E. ENYART.

